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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
GE Healthcare, a medical image media manufacturing company based in Cork, is to hire 140 employees, as part of a $40m investment.
The company set up its manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, Cork in 1992 and currently employs 500 people there. The new investment is expected to double the plant's output
The job expansion is supported by the Government through IDA Ireland.
Sources
1 December 2015: RTE
1 December 2015: Silicon Republic.com
1 December 2015: Irish Examiner
Citation
Eurofound (2015), GE Healthcare, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 85546, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85546.
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